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Acquire RIMM For Patent Portfolio?
It does not seem that Research in Motion’s (NASDAQ:RIMM) shaky position will improve anytime soon. According to research firm, Canalys, the company’s BlackBerry phones accounted for a mere 9% of the smart phone market in the U.S. during the third quarter of this year, compared with a 24% share reported a year ago. Android devices continued
Fusion-io Well Positioned In A Data-Hungry World
According to an IDC report, increasing deployment of virtualized data centers has resulted in enterprises shifting their focus from improving capital efficiency to improving operational efficiency. These organizations’ IT departments are looking for solutions that help to improve data capacity efficiency, and they are moving away from the traditional rotating magnetic media such as hard disk
Lashou Makes Me Queasy
It is not just technology companies in the U.S. that have been toying with the idea of going public this year. Several international technology companies are also evaluating the possibility of listing themselves on the U.S. stock exchanges. The Bloomberg IPO Index may have reported a decline of 26% this year, compared with a 5%
Bankrate Flourishing Since IPO
The Bloomberg IPO Index, a measure of the performance of stocks during their first publicly traded year, declined 26% this year, compared with a 5% decline in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. According to Renaissance Capital, 41 tech companies went public this year. However, their stocks’ performances have been underwhelming. Tech stocks lost 18% of
Blue Nile Vs. The Nouveau Riche
Diamond prices have been on the rise during the year. In the first half of 2011, prices rose 40% owing to high demand in the Chinese and Indian markets. Since then, prices have fallen by up to 20% in a six-week period through September. However, the December 2011 Diamond Prices Index of 232.7 was still nearly
Angie’s List – An Ambiguous Investment
Thus far in 2011, many new age Internet companies have filed their respective S-1s hoping to cash in on the Internet stock valuation hype. For those that have already listed, such as LinkedIn, Groupon, and Pandora, their performance on the stock market has left a lot to be desired. The Bloomberg IPO Index, a measure
LivingSocial Defers IPO
According to Yippit data, this September daily deals player LivingSocial grew faster than the market leader, Groupon. Groupon’s market share of the U.S. daily deals market slipped to 54% in September from 57% a month ago. During the same period, LivingSocial’s share climbed from 19% to 22%. Growth is partly attributed to the $10 million
Yelp Can No Longer Rely On Past Success
Local recommendation site Yelp finally put rumors to rest as they filed their S-1 last month. Yelp did not divulge many details, but the proposed $100 million IPO is estimated to peg their valuation at $1.0 billion-$2.0 billion. Yelp’s IPO is expected in the market by the first quarter of the next year.